The last Sump Index
for Ireland was published in 1988 by the Cave Diving Group and SUI and appeared
in a special edition of Irish Speleology (Volume 4 No. 2).
If you have a copy I suggest that you hold on to it, as they are pretty thin
on the ground.
Indeed the difficulty experienced in locating an original copy led to
the suggestion of publishing a 2nd edition. After several inquiries and
chats with those that ‘know’, the compilation has begun and a publishing
date for the next Symposium has been tentatively set.

Thankfully, Gareth
Ll. Jones still has the text of the original Index on file so the task
has been made considerably easier. But what he doesn’t have is details
of what has happened in Irish cave diving since 1988! Contact is
being made with as many people as possible known to have been involved
in cave diving exploration in Ireland since ‘88. But as ever there could
be those out there that will escape the dragnet and this article is for
you.

So if you have any
information, leads, pictures, stories, surveys, or suggestions that you feel
belong in the Millennium Edition Irish Sump Index, please please please
please send it in as soon as possible.

Don’t presume
someone else has already done it: make
contact and make sure.